Child’s Rice Rat vs Freckled Dapperling

Nephelomys childi compared with Echinoderma asperum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Freckled Dapperling
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Fungi (Pilze)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Agaricales (Champignonartige)
Family	Cricetidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Nephelomys	Echinoderma
Species	Nephelomys childi	Echinoderma asperum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Freckled Dapperling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Freckled Dapperling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Freckled Dapperling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Child’s Rice Rat

The Child’s Rice Rat (Nephelomys childi) is a species in the genus Nephelomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.